1. Professional Development
December 2013 update
LPDC
Margaret Kohler
Wendi Rowland
Natalie Fisher
Jenny Kettler
Julie Poure
Amy Wagner
Amy Lawrence
Dawn Ballard

2. Reviews 2013-14
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Completed:
◦ Jana Schultz, Amy Wagner, Kelly Carver, Cheryl
Pocrnich, Donna Sharper, Natalie Fisher, and Sarah
Kreinbrink
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Upcoming:
◦ December: Risa Cohen, Cindy Weiher, Kathy
Heckert
◦ January: Stacey Alfonso, Barb Bauchman, Molly
Kujawa
◦ February: Amy Lawrence, Cory Hall, Janell
Butts, Jenny Kettler
◦ March: Tricia Miller-Purvis, Dawn
Ballard, Shannon Schlumbohm
◦ April: Wendi Rowland, Terie Alvarez, Melissa
Snyder, Fran Pancoast
The next slide shows you how to find the LPDC Intranet

7. January Training – dates TBD
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Required for
◦ All teachers new to WSM or who have not
started a 5-year plan
◦ All teachers who are renewing their license
this year
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Purpose
◦ To understand Professional Development
process (and if needed fill out 5-year plan
paperwork)
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Strongly recommended for any teacher
(unless you attended September)
In-service credit granted

8. A little history -- in the olden days…
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Prior to 2011, the LPDC validated
Professional Development credits
◦ for licensed Ohio teachers,
◦ who submitted paperwork once every 5
years
◦ in order to renew their teaching license

9. Since 2011
New Broadband system asks all
WSM teachers to document
Professional Development
 LPDC phased in non-licensed and
non-tax West Side teachers
 LPDC moved to yearly
reviews due to annual
Salary Band meeting
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We are doing our best 

10. Also in 2011 ODE made
changes
ODE changed standards for educators
and LPDCs as it moved from Praxis to
Resident Educator Program
 LPDC updated documents
 Biggest change was the SMART goal
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We adapted
… it was a very busy year!

11. CEU requirements set by
Broadband Committee
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Over 5 years:
Band 1 – 50 hours (5 CEUs) – 10 hrs. per year
 Band 2 – 80 hours (8 CEUs) – 16 hrs. per year
 Band 3 – 100 hours (10 CEUs) 20 hrs. per year
 Band 4, 5 and Ohio 5-year professional
license – 180 hours (18 CEUs) – 36 hrs. per year
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Hours per year are average. You don’t have to do a specific amount
of hours each year. You can do a little more one year, less
another… as long as it adds up at the end of 5 years.

12. 2013 - LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
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Warning! The next 10 slides are boring.
They explain process changes we made
in 2013 to meet teachers’ needs. You
might want to skip those slides, unless
you are pretty detail-oriented.
The point is we have worked hard to
improve things, despite what you might
think.
Teachers kind of dozed off during the
meeting during this part. Try skipping to
slide 24.

13. 2013 - LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
We created a new process
 Teachers had the choice of moving to
new process or waiting until the end of
their 5 year plan
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14. 2013 - LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
Teachers didn’t like that they could not
count any PD unless it applied to a
goal
 Created the Explore goal
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◦ to capture all In-Services
◦ and up to 2 CEUs of Professional
Development unrelated to a goal

15. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
Teachers were frustrated by
complicated and arbitrary CEU limits
on different types of activities
 Took away max limits on categories
 Offered training on balancing
Professional Development across
standards
 This respects teachers’ different needs
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16. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
Teachers were frustrated that there
were no forms to document “noncertificate” activities
 Created forms and instructions for all
valid activities, including time logs
 Put them on-line and in teacher
workrooms
 All the forms include a time log
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17. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
Teachers often forgot to pre-approve
“independent projects”
 Took away pre-approval requirement
retroactively so no one lost hours
 Made up-front goal form more specific
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18. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
The forms were multi-page, goals in
one section and activity log in another
section
 Revised forms so it is one goal per
page
 Goal on the front and activity log on
the back
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19. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
Licensed teachers new to WSM, can
bring CEUs with them through
“reciprocity”. Non-tax/non-licensed
new teachers could not count anything
prior to employment.
 Now non-licensed/non-tax teachers
may count college coursework or
Montessori training within a year prior
to employment
 Their 5-year plan is dated accordingly
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20. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
There was no training to help teachers
 Last year we met with teachers oneon-one and in small groups. There
were help sessions weekly after
school for 8 weeks in March - April.
 We did two training sessions in
September and are offering more in
January 2014.
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◦ The presentations are on the WSM
Intranet to look at anytime. We are
planning to add narration.

22. LPDC adjusts to teacher
needs
Busy teachers do not have time for
“one more after-school meeting”
 Teachers in Montessori Training or
who have completed requirements are
exempt from yearly review
 LPDC will review your CEUs, without
you being present at review meeting
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◦ Turn in documents 2 weeks in advance so
we can preview them.

23. To sum it up…
We’re working to meet WSM needs.
 All changes  in LPDC handbook
 We must have a consistent rules.
 We cannot change rules on the fly.
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◦ We discuss new questions in committee
and decide how it best applies to
everyone.
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We’re seeing progress! 

24. It’s easier than you think

25. It’s easier than you think
Band 1 – 5 CEUs
 10 hours per year
 In-Service typically offers at least 10
hours per year
 Fill all your hours through In-Service
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26. It’s easier than you think
Band 2 – 8 CEUs
 16 hours per year
 10-16 hours In-Service
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◦ (This year the In-Service offered 16
hours)
You can count 4 additional hours per
year that are not goal-related
 During 5 years – will write 0 or 1 goal
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27. It’s easier than you think
Band 3 – 10 CEUs
 20 hours per year
 Again, 10-16 hours per year on InService
 You can do 4 additional hours per year
that are not goal-related
 You might need 0-6 more hours/year
 During 5 years, might write 0-2 goals
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28. It’s still easier than you think
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Band 4, 5 and licensed teachers – 18 CEUs
36 hours per year – (yes, a workweek)
Again, 10-16 hours per year on In-Service
+ 4 hours per year not goal-related
Still need 16-22 hours per year
So, you basically need one goal per year (about 20
hrs)
◦ Implementing Educational project
◦ Serving on committee
◦ Montessori Accreditation team
◦ Mentoring, modeling
◦ Etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.,
◦ (This goal can also fulfill a leadership role, a
perfectly acceptable double dip.)

29. You have more time than you think
Professional Day
 Option for all teachers to take one
paid professional day
 Certificate activity or offsite
observation – no prior LPDC approval
needed
 Something else?
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◦ request in advance
◦ state specific activities
◦ Activities have to support an existing
Professional Development goal

30. Hot Spots - Committees
Professional Development must be an
activity involving new learning or
professional growth
 Make sure you can justify how your
committee work does that.
 Committee can make a group goal
(or you can make individual goal as a
committee member)
 Committee must keep attendance
records and give to members as
evidence
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31. Hot Spots – Educational
Projects
If you’re implementing something big - learning & putting into action -- it’s
an “Educational Project”
 You must keep detailed time records
 You must to present LPDC evidence
of the work when it is done
 Evidence must be in professional
format: imagine you were sharing with
your teammates or at a conference.
This means a presentation, binder or
portfolio.
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32. Hot spot hint:
If you hate keeping a time log…do not
do activities that make you keep a
time log.
 Choose activities where someone
gives you a certificate, like
workshops, or minutes, like a
committee.
 Independent activities are a choice but
they do take time to document hours
and evidence.
 They are like an independent study in
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33. Hot Spots – New Goals
You have a new goal
 Write it (form/online)
 Submit when?
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Immediately

34. QUIZ – as you work on your
goal…
1.
On your goal, can you change the
actual activities you plan, such as
reading a book instead of watching a
video?
YES

35. QUIZ – as you work on your
goal…
2.
Can you significantly CHANGE the
nature of the goal or the outcome?
NO –
you need to rewrite your goal

36. QUIZ – as you work on your
goal…
3.
You estimated 30 hours. Do you
HAVE to spend 30 hours or you’ll
somehow get in trouble?
NO. You can do less. You will not get
in trouble.

37. QUIZ – as you work on your
goal…
Something more important has come
up and you want to scrap it. Can
you?
Of course!
5. Can you get credit for time put in
even if you did not reach the goal
or have the outcome predicted?
YES! But you must have evidence
of your work.
4.

38. QUIZ – as you work on your
goal…
You estimated 30 hours. Now
you’ve spent 30 but you’re not
done yet. Can you keep working?
YES!
 You can go over your predicted hours
by 1 CEU or10 hours
6.
◦ If you’ll need more than that, you must
REVISE the goal before doing the extra
time.

39. Thanks for taking time to read
this presentation. Come to
training if you want more info.
We usually have chocolate.